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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)" (1980) and follow publication order through all 39 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)
1980

The Woods Are Dark
1981

Out Are the Lights
1982

Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon)
1983

Night Show
1984

Dawson's City
1984

Beware
1985

Allhallow's Eve
1985

Night Creature
1986

Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly)
1987

Thin Air
1987

Flesh
1987

Resurrection Dreams
1988

Midnight's Lair (As: Richard Kelly)
1988

Funland
1989

The Stake
1990

One Rainy Night
1990

Darkness, Tell Us
1991

Island
1991

Blood Games
1992

Alarums
1992

Savage
1993

Endless Night
1993

In the Dark
1994

Quake
1995

Body Rides
1996

Bite
1996

After Midnight
1998

The Wilds
1998

Cuts
1999

Among the Missing
1999

Come Out Tonight
1999

The Traveling Vampire Show
2000

Once Upon a Halloween
2000

No Sanctuary
2001

Night in the Lonesome October
2001

Amara / To Wake The Dead
2003

The Lake
2004

The Glory Bus / Into the Fire
2005
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